Thursday, April 30, 2015

It's been over 20 years since Master of Magic by Microprose brought wizards, fantasy armies and glorious variety to turn-based strategy gaming and it remains to this day a game that simply hasn't been surpassed. A brilliant, unique and downright classic offering you could actually own via this Master of Magic (PC)eBay listing.

The game comes apparently complete in its big box stuffed with 3.5" disks, manual, spell book and a selection of Microprose flyers. Seller ships worldwide.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

If you've been looking for an Amiga 1200 to use and abuse as the ultimate 16-bit (ach, sorry about that) 32-bit games machine, I suggest you look no further than this Amiga 1200 Comic ReliefeBay auction. The computer comes in its nostalgic Comic Relief Pack box, the Sleepwalker game, a joystick, some disks and a mouse. Importantly, this Amiga has been upgraded to sport 6MB of RAM and a 4GB flash HDD with WHDLOAD installed. It also comes with an RCA lead and power supply.

Seller ships only within the UK and you've got roughly 8 hours (at the time of posting) to bid on this.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

It may have criminally never been released outside Japan, but Nintendo's Famicom Disk System is probably the most successful and intriguing console add-on ever conceived. It is also something you can buy via this Famicom Disk SystemeBay auction. This fully working console expansion, which requires a Famicom to play with, comes complete in its original box, is in great condition and is accompanied by 19 games.

The games, all boxed and on disks, include Ultraman, Karate Champ, Dead Zone, Kid Icarus, Green Beret, Fairytale and Zanac. Oh, and you'll be happy to know the Disk System is described "as new".

Monday, April 27, 2015

Ultimate Play The Game, the dev studio that grew up to become Rare, defined gaming on the ZX Spectrum and awed audiences back in the early '80s. Its games were groundbreaking, lavishly packaged, technically impressive and very, very good indeed. Happily, you can now grab five lovely Ultimate titles --Underwurlde, Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf, NightShade, Alien 8-- in one swift move via this Ultimate Play The Game CollectioneBay auction.

The games come complete in their boxes with instructions and cassette holders. Seller ships worldwide.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Classic motorcycle adventure game Full Throttle by LucasArts and Tim Schafer is a wonderful point-and-clicker that has both stood the test of time and will look good on a shelf. It handily also comes in a hefty box for PC you can grab via this Full Throttle (PC)eBay auction. The game comes in its original, sealed box.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

I never knew that Sega released the actual Master System in Japan to be honest, but now I know. And I have the concrete facts to prove the existence of said Japanese SMS: a) the picture posted above, b) this Japanese Sega Master SystemeBay auction. It comes in its box with manual, two controllers, everything you need to set it up and 6 untested games without manuals.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Having lost countless hours of my childhood to the 3D open-world charms of Mike Singleton's Midwinter, I frankly can't recommend this game enough. It's wonderful, complex, visually elegant, hasn't aged a day and comes in a lovely big box, you actually can grab via this Midwinter (Amiga) auction on eBay.

This particular copy of Midwinter is the Amiga version and it comes complete in its box with 3.5" disk, manual, map, offer leaflet and all sorts of other papery stuff. Seller ships worldwide.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Sealed versions of rare games do tend to get very expensive and this boxed, sealed copy of Super mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) that appeared on eBay is no exception. Its price has already climbed to 330 GBP (roughly $500) with five days to go, but admittedly this is a highly collectible and pretty excellent game. Oh, and it's the PAL version of Yoshi's Island.

Monday, April 20, 2015

A rare and incredibly beautiful version of the CBM PET computer has appeared on eBay and you could actually rush and grab it over at this Commodore PET 8032-SK auction, for this is a fully working micro complete in its original box. Oh, and it's absolutely stunning. Then again, this particular PET was designed by Porsche Design...

Friday, April 17, 2015

A wonderful, issue 6A Sinclair ZX Spectrum with a whopping 48k of RAM has been made available via this lovely Speccy auction on eBay. The micro is in good aesthetic condition and fully working. It also comes in its original box with polys, power supply, manuals, cables and the Horizons starter tape.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

A wild and rare copy of Maxwell's Demon debugger/assembler for the Apple II has appeared on eBay for all you nostalgic programmers and collectors. The highest bidder will be getting a working, fully tested original disk of the program and the manual that goes with it.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Trip Hawkins' 3DO was a brave, revolutionary idea which spawned a series of excellent consoles that were sadly too expensive to take gaming by storm. Then again, owning one of them today is as easy as bidding on this lovely, boxed Goldstar 3DO on eBay (and won't cost too much). The console is finely preserved, works great and comes in its original box accompanied by a controller and two demo games.

As an added bonus, the highest bidder will also be getting four Sega Genesis games, seven Atari 2600 cartridges, an Atari catalog, a Dreamcast controller, two ColecoVision cartridges and a few other retro goodies.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

I have never ran into a complete Larry I, II, III compilation before and must admit I'm loving what I'm seeing. It's a wonderful box, filled to the brim with a ton of 5.25" disks containing the first three Leisure Suit Larry games by Al Lowe and Sierra, manuals, postcards, reference cards and catalogues. It's all very lovely and you can own it via this Larry I, II, II (MS-DOS) auction on eBay.

Monday, April 6, 2015

An essentially new, boxed and complete Amstrad GX4000 console has gone up for auction on eBay and you can bid on it here. Amstrad's failed 8-bit CPC-based console comes with impressive racer Burnin' Rubber, manual, two controllers and everything you'll need to get it running.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Released only some time ago for the Atari Jaguar with the help of Retro Gaming Connexion (RGC) and the full support of Eric Chahi as a limited edition offering of 200 copies, Another World for Atari's 64-bit console is both an amazing game and an extremely rare and collectible one. It's also a very expensive thing as anyone willing to bid on this Another World (Jaguar)eBay auction is bound to find out.

The cartridge comes complete in its lovely box and sports two different versions of the game (16 and 256 colours/deluxe), two playing modes and five languages. Seller ships to most places worldwide.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Based on the excellent Les Tuniques Bleues comic books, North & South by Infogrames is an incredibly elegant game that's simultaneously one of the first RTS offerings, an arcade game and a turn-based strategic affair. It also looks all lovely and cartoony and even more so in its Amiga version.

To own a boxed copy of the game, you can bid on this North & South (Amiga)eBay auction. The box is apparently sealed and the seller's shipping worldwide.